Improvement in wind-wheels



A. l. BECKLEY.

Wind-Wheel.

Paten td Oct. 26,1875.

' Attorney UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

ANSON J BEOKLEY, OF BATTLE GREEK, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO WALTER GREGORYAND ERASTUS H. GREGORY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN WIND-WHEELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 169,227, dated October26, 1875; application filed September 2, 1875. I I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANsoN J BEOKLEY, of Battle Creek, in the county ofCalhoun and in the State of Michigan, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Windmills; and. do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention relates to the peculiar manner ofconstructing air buckets or sails for windmills, and the construction ofthe wheel which carries the same, as also to the construction andcombination of a suitable vane for regulating the same, as will behereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l represents a side view of my windmill;Fig. 2, a detached view of the wheel with its buckets; and Fig. 3, adetached view of the vane.

In the figures, A represents the frame which supports the wheel andother working parts, and

which may be constructed in any of the well-' known and usual ways. Uponthe top of this frame is secured a suitably-constructed metallie hollowcylinder, into which passes a ver;

tical shaft. To the upper end of this shaft is secured the metallicframe-work, which supports the wind-wheel and the vane. The shaft uponwhich the wheel is secured lies in a horivzontal position, and hassuitable bearings in are provided with iron tires. D D represent thehubs; d d, the spokes, and E E the fellies. The buckets or sails ofthese wheels are formed of metal, and are in shape one-half of a hollowcone. These concavo-convex halfconesare secured, at suitable distancesapart, upon the periphery of the wheel, being connected to the twofellies and braced inside by the rods H H, and on the outside by therods This forms a solid and substantial wheel, whose buckets arepermanently secured to it, and not subject to wear, or to get out oforder, while they receive and discharge the wind in a most satisfactorymanner.

The vane is hinged, and is worked in one direction by means of a cord,and in the other by a suitable spring. By the use of this vane theoperator can throw the wheel in position to catch the wind, or not, atpleasure.

" I represents a beam, which runs in the line of the axis of the wheel,and which prevents the vane from moving in one direction beyond thatline.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A wind-wheel constructed substantially as herein set forth, havingtwo hubs, two fellies, and two sets of spokes, in combination with thestationary air buckets or sails, as is herein fully set forth, and forthe purpose specified.

2. A series of sails or buckets made stationary upon a wind-wheel, saidsails or buckets beingconcavo-convex in for1n,'and in shape 7 theone-half of a hollow cone, as is herein fully set forth.

In testimony that I clairn-the foregoing I have hereunto set my handthis 5th day of August, 1875.

ANSON J. BEOKLEY. Witnesses:

J OHN MEAOHEM, ERASTUS H. GREGORY.

